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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ploughshare Institute For Sustainable

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 271460721
TX · NTEE B60
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Timothy Everett, Executive Director / CEO ($21,750) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 149 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 16th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Timothy Everett — reported title “VICE PRESIDENT”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

149 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 149 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,048 total compensation of comparable organizations → $251,202 $21,750
$14,64110th
$35,71925th
$57,033Median
$78,64975th
$93,36990th
$21,750This org · 16th
p10$14,641
p25$35,719
p50$57,033
p75$78,649
p90$93,369
$21,750

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to TX cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Virginia Head Start Associationinc VA$321,006 Executive Di $83,888 $78,649 2024
Nowmattersnow Org WA$316,324 President, Treasurer, & Ceo $155,600 $135,271 2024
Leadership Education Mission Alliance Lema Inst MI$315,656 President $70,000 $70,157 2024
Mindful Birthing And Parenting CA$323,526 Vice President $28,550 $23,938 2024
Literacy Volunteers Of Greater Waterbury CT$314,920 Executive Director $90,569 $84,892 2023
Progress For Good Inc NY$314,802 Founder $31,333 $28,305 2023
Hannahs House NJ$314,646 Executive Director $18,240 $15,814 2024
Leadership Greater Mchenry County IL$313,863 Executive Di $89,404 $83,147 2025
California State Society For Opticians CA$326,005 Executive Officer $42,600 $35,719 2024
Adagio Institute Inc TX$311,557 Summers $66,464 $66,464 2023
Ct League Of Conservation Voters CT$327,117 President $64,739 $58,941 2024
The Oped Project Public Knowledge Fund Inc NY$310,570 Executive Director $25,000 $21,936 2024
Well For The Journey Inc MD$310,084 Executive Di $83,700 $75,983 2024
Starting Now Corporation FL$328,951 Director $72,664 $68,241 2023
Clifford Antone Foundation TX$329,181 Executive Director $68,500 $66,535 2024
Stronghold Leadership PA$307,572 Executive Director $93,333 $90,376 2024
Cleveland Empowerment Foundation MS$332,100 Director, Ch $27,217 $30,303 2023
American Institute Of Healthcare Compliance OH$332,828 Lpn, Bs, Cca, Cifha, Cha, Chcm, Chbs, Chco, Ohcc, Cmdp, Icdct-cm/pcs $54,223 $57,413 2023
Harrison Co Alternative Educ Center IN$304,887 Director $78,750 $83,021 2023
Carley Cunniff-peter S Dixon Md CT$335,019 Executive Dir. $165,000 $150,220 2024
Florida Council On Crime And Deliqu FL$302,882 Executive Se $15,000 $13,683 2024
The Institute Of Classical CA$336,507 Chapter Dire $101,823 $87,897 2023
Faith Community Nurse Network MN$336,612 Executive Di $3,333 $3,198 2024
The Conservative Agenda Project CT$301,250 President And Director $268,000 $251,202 2023
Association Of Computer Technology Educa ME$339,711 Executive Director $87,112 $87,202 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX cost of living and 2023 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to TX cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default16th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted21st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted13th

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Timothy Everett) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 149 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $21,750 is reasonable (approximately the 16th percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). Every figure traces to an original public filing — click any organization above to verify it on ProPublica. PeerBasis is a service of Prismind Analytics; its methodology is published, was commissioned for independent adversarial review, and discloses its own limitations. This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.